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Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent. Boyle became known when she sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables in the competition's first round, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2009.

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By now we're all familiar with the story: Nebbishy looking guy or gal doesn't appear to have much going on, but then -- boom -- that voice slays the audience and the judges. This is what shows like The X Factor were created for and every once in a wh...

A YouTube recap of a stunning opera performance by teenage singers Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli on the Britain's Got Talent TV show has gained more than 1.1 million views in three days, thrusting the duo into viral video fame. The heartwa...

With more than 100 million views in six days, Kony 2012, a 30-minute documentary about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, has become the most viral video in history, according to one researcher. In a blog post, Visible Measures found Kony outpaced oth...

Famed producer and soon-to-be-former American Idol judge Simon Cowell brought together 21 noted musical artists to record a rendition of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts." Both it and a benefit cover "We Are the World" with 80 artists are making a big splas...

The instantaneous and shareable nature of the Internet is one of the things that separates it from other mediums. Viral videos and Internet memes can take hold and spread quickly. Thanks to social networking, the speed in which the latest phenomena c...

The world's biggest YouTube sensation has stepped back into the spotlight, and she's already making waves on the web. Yes, I am talking about none other than Susan Boyle. It's nearly impossible to forget her. The plain-looking singer from Scotland ra...

Just a few months ago, the entire world was captivated by the voice and the story of one plain-looking 47 year-old singer: Susan Boyle. That captivation led to a surge of interest on social media, especially YouTube, where she became on the biggest Y...

Earlier this year, Susan Boyle rose to worldwide fame after a surprising performance on Britain’s Got Talent became one of the most viewed Internet videos of all-time. Now, the singer is coming stateside to appear on the US version of the show – Amer...

If you're a fan of the Susan Boyle phenomenon, you'll want to check out Susan's final performance, which aired on Britain's Got Talent minutes ago. And if you're not a fan, perhaps rejoice in the fact that this social media obsession - which credits ...

Domain name susanboyle.com is now up for sale for $US 25,000. However, don't start cursing those damn cybersquatters just yet, because the owner (and the seller) of the domain is none other than Susan Boyle. Although everyone's eyes are fixed on the ...

Here it is, hot off the interwebs: the second song from Internet craze Susan Boyle on the UK TV show Britain's Got Talent. Boyle chose to sing "Memory" (often misheard as Memories) from the musical Cats. So long has passed since Boyle did the US TV c...

Oh, social media: we had such high hopes for you! From helping non-profits to saving newspapers to getting us back into employment. Alas, your paradigm shift turned out to be a revolutionary new way to gossip about reality TV shows. ;) Despite our wo...

YouTube sensation Susan Boyle is back: tonight she proceeded to the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent, putting the unlikely Scottish internet phenomenon one step closer to performing in front of Her Majesty the Queen. The video embedded below shows...

South Park is apparently calling for the end of the world's Susan Boyle obsession: in the latest episode of the irreverent cartoon, Ike is said to have run away from home to escape the never-ending chatter about the Scottish YouTube star (video below...

As Simon Cowell might say, this story is utterly disappointing and self-indulgent. But the fact that YouTube and ITV have been unable to monetize the Internet sensation that is Susan Boyle is a rather significant blunder, and highlights some of the a...

The Susan Boyle phenomenon shows no signs of abating - in fact, one video tracking firm claims that momentum is growing behind the Scottish singer. While the official YouTube video of the performance reports over 32 million views, tracking company Vi...

YouTube phenomenon Susan Boyle, whose performance on British TV show Britain's Got Talent made her the video sharing site's biggest sensation to date, became the subject of a sketch on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. Fallon, himself an activ...

One of this week’s most widely reported and talked about stories has been the appearance of Susan Boyle, a 47 year-old singer from Scotland, on the show Britain’s Got Talent. The performance – which surprised the show’s live audience, judges, and sub...

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